Glossary Letter Y

Y - Admittance (symbolized Y) is an expression of the ease with which alternating current (AC) flows through a complex circuit or system.

y coordinate - x, y coordinates are respectively the horizontal and vertical addresses of any pixel or addressable point on a computer display screen.

Y-modem - The protocols that modems agree on and use for checking and correcting transmission errors have evolved toward accuracy, speed, and efficiency since 1978 when the Xmodem protocol became a de facto standard.

Y/C Video - S-Video (Super-Video, sometimes referred to as Y/C Video, or component video) is a video signal transmission in which the luminance signal and the chrominance signal are transmitted separately to achieve superior picture clarity.

Y2K - Y2K is an abbreviation for "year 2000.

Y2K (year 2000) - Y2K is an abbreviation for "year 2000.

yacc - Yacc (for 'yet another compiler compiler' ) is the standard parser generator for the Unix operating system.

yacc (yet another compiler compiler) - Yacc (for 'yet another compiler compiler' ) is the standard parser generator for the Unix operating system.

Yagi antenna - A Yagi antenna, also known as a Yagi-Uda array or simply a Yagi, is a unidirectional antenna commonly used in communications when a frequency is above 10 MHz.

Yagi antenna (Yagi-Uda array) - A Yagi antenna, also known as a Yagi-Uda array or simply a Yagi, is a unidirectional antenna commonly used in communications when a frequency is above 10 MHz.

Yagi Uda array - A Yagi antenna, also known as a Yagi-Uda array or simply a Yagi, is a unidirectional antenna commonly used in communications when a frequency is above 10 MHz.

Yagi-Uda array - A Yagi antenna, also known as a Yagi-Uda array or simply a Yagi, is a unidirectional antenna commonly used in communications when a frequency is above 10 MHz.

YAGNI principle ("You Aren't Gonna Need It") - YAGNI principle ("You Aren't Gonna Need It") is a practice in software development which states that features should only be added when required.

Yahoo - Yahoo! is an Internet portal that incorporates a search engine and a directory of World Wide Web sites organized in a hierarchy of topic categories.

yak shaving - Yak shaving is programming lingo for the seemingly endless series of small tasks that have to be completed before the next step in a project can move forward.

YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) - YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is a data-oriented language structure used as the input format for diverse software applications.

Yammer - Yammer is a private microblogging and collaboration platform for enterprise social networking.

YANG (data modeling language) - YANG is a data modeling language for the NETCONF configuration management protocol.

yard management system - A yard management system (YMS) is a software system designed to oversee the movement of trucks and trailers in the yard of a manufacturing facility, warehouse, or distribution center.

yard management system (YMS) - A yard management system (YMS) is a software system designed to oversee the movement of trucks and trailers in the yard of a manufacturing facility, warehouse, or distribution center.

Yardi - Yardi is a software vendor that makes applications for all sizes of property management and real estate companies.

yc video - S-Video (Super-Video, sometimes referred to as Y/C Video, or component video) is a video signal transmission in which the luminance signal and the chrominance signal are transmitted separately to achieve superior picture clarity.

year 2000 - Y2K is an abbreviation for "year 2000.

Yellow Book - The Yellow Book is the informal name for Philips and Sony's ECMA-130 standard specification for compact disc, read-only-memory (CD-ROM).

Yellowdog Updater Modified - Yellowdog Update, Modified (YUM) is a program that manages installation, updates and removal for Red Hat package manager (RPM) systems.

Yellowdog Updater, Modified (YUM) - Yellowdog Update, Modified (YUM) is a program that manages installation, updates and removal for Red Hat package manager (RPM) systems.

yet another compiler compiler - Yacc (for 'yet another compiler compiler' ) is the standard parser generator for the Unix operating system.

Yet another Setup Tool (YaST) - YaST handles much of the administration load, offers a simple graphical interface and sets up setting system parameters easily.

Yik Yak - Yik Yak is a mobile app that allows users to post messages anonymously; the app aggregates and presents the posts of users within a particular geographical radius as a streaming data feed.

Ymodem - Ymodem is an error-correcting protocol for a modem that uses larger data blocks for greater efficiency.

YMS - A yard management system (YMS) is a software system designed to oversee the movement of trucks and trailers in the yard of a manufacturing facility, warehouse, or distribution center.

yobibyte (YiB) - A yobibyte (YiB) is a unit of measure used to describe data capacity as part of the binary system of measuring computing and storage capacity.

Yoda conditions (Yoda notation) - Yoda conditions, also known as Yoda notation, is a programming variation that reverses the standard order of a conditional statement.

yottabyte (YB) - A yottabyte is a measure of theoretical storage capacity and is 2 to the 80th power bytes, or, in decimal, approximately 1,000 zettabytes, a trillion terabytes or a million trillion megabytes.

YouTube - YouTube is a free video-hosting website that allows members to store and serve video content.

YubiKey - YubiKey is an authentication device that allows users to securely log into their email, online services, computers and applications using one-time passwords, static passwords or FIDO-based public and private key pairs.

Yukon - Yukon is the code name used for the beta version of Microsoft's SQL Server 2005.

YUM - Yellowdog Update, Modified (YUM) is a program that manages installation, updates and removal for Red Hat package manager (RPM) systems.

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